UNSW Astrophysics Postgraduate Course
Module 3, Session 2
Optical and Infrared Techniques
Michael Burton
Lecture 5: Data Reduction and Analysis
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/ mgb/pgc_astro/part3.html

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1. Module Syllabus
2. Tutorial Questions
3. Tutorial Solutions

• Contents
• Data Reduction
  • Image Reduction
  • Spectroscopic Reduction
  • Calibrations
    • Quantum Efficiency
    • Wavelength
    • Atmosphere
    • Flux
• Analysis
  • Statistical Parameters
  • Probability Distributions
    • Binomial Distribution
    • Poisson Distribution
    • Gaussian (Normal) Distribution
    • Lorentzian (Cauchy) Distribution
  • Errors
    • Propagation of Errors
    • Significant Figures
    • Random Errors
    • Systematic Errors
  • Least Squares Fitting
    • Method of Maximum Likelihood
    • Chi Square
    • Least Squares Fitting to a Straight Line
  • Testing Fits
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